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Common Conda commands for managing environments

Conda is a package manager commonly used for python. It is used to create environments for different projects and to install packages in those environments. It is similar to virtualenv.

Conda Creating & Using Environment Commands: Create, Activate, Deactivate, List

  • conda create -n envName python=3.8 create environment with python version
  • conda activate envName activate environment (or source activate envName in some operating systems)
  • conda deactivate deactivate environment
  • conda env list list environments

Conda Package Commands: Install, Uninstall, List

  • conda install packageName install package in current environment
  • conda install -c conda-forge packageName install package in current environment from conda-forge channel
  • conda list list packages in current environment
  • conda uninstall packageName uninstall package in current environment
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Exporting & Importing Environments

  • conda install -c conda-forge --file requirements.txt install packages in current environment from conda-forge channel from requirements.txt file
  • conda env create -f environment.yml create environment from yml file
  • conda env export > environment.yml export environment to yml file
  • pip freeze > requirements.txt export packages to requirements.txt file for pip installs

Other Conda Commands: Export, Create, Remove

  • conda env remove -n envName remove environment
  • conda install -n envName packageName install package in environment
  • conda install -n envName -c conda-forge packageName install package in environment from conda-forge channel
  • conda env export > environment.yml export environment to yml file

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